I shopped hard
dealtime.com and pricegrabber.com will give results. Try doing a Yahoo and Google search too. My deal was exceptional, because I had decided to go ahead and order an 1803 from 6ave at that price, and they were out of stock so sold me the newer version for the same price. The Denon website also lists authorized resellers of remanufactured products.
btw, the 1804 does zone 2; if using the internal amplification, you can power EITHER zone 2 (in mono - ugh!) OR the 6.1/7.1 channels. If you add an external amp, you get full zone 2 stereo; in either case you have full independent audio zone control.
No argument about the 3802 having better power supplies as well as several other features and enhancements. For my particular desired feature set and price point, however, the 1804 was a better fit.
